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Pan-Africanism and African renaissance
The African Union is going to celebrate its 50 years of existence in May 2013 and its Assembly has adopted the theme of the 2013 Summit as 'Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance'.This celebration is underpinned by the collective African aspirations...
03 June 2013
Breaking the gridlock on the global wildlife crime crisis
Wildlife crime not only destroys our vital natural heritage, but it is also a crime against the stability and prosperity of nations and a crime that puts human lives at risk. Elephants and rhinos are targeted in Africa, but their tusks and horns are...
03 June 2013
Nitty gritty
The fellows don't come as often as they used to last year. Well, they do come regularly, regularly enough to be referred to as regulars. The only difference is that they don't stay as long as they used to. Before, the fellows would arrive at around...
Barolong Seboni 03 June 2013
Mabula a man with an eye for art, worships the eye
On reaching his place of residence in Gaborone's Phase II, Mabula emerged with half finished art pieces that he states are for an upcoming exhibition. He however, could not be drawn into discussing more saying all would be revealed with time. Among...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 03 June 2013
Digging tswana roots
Whenever people are invited to buy into something new, it often begins as a "hard sell". What this means is that the relative merits of the item or concept being sold is not immediately apparent to the prospective buyer and he or she often needs much...
I.M leteane 03 June 2013
BMD: Three years of a life
The 29th May 2013 makes it three years for the Botswana Movement for Democracy since its inauguration at Letlhabile. Yes, we made an eventful yet graceful entry into the political space of this our Republic. This was an entry into a full life...
03 June 2013
Walker takes HKFC title
According to reports from Hong Kong, Walker cruised to the quarter-finals after subduing Australian qualifier Rex Hendrick in the opening round of the PSA International 25 squash event.He then dealt with home opposition when he took on Hong Kong...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 03 June 2013
Montsho too Fast for America
The win was her second in a space of a week in the USA after sweeping off the New York Adidas Grand Prix the previous weekend. Montsho clocked a time of 50.01. Despite being slightly slower than her NY time of 49.91, where she set a new area record,...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 03 June 2013
One on one with Madinda Ndlovu
In this interview with Sport M onitor he shares the philosophy that landed him two titles.How does it feel to have won the second league title of your career?It's obviously a great feeling to have won the title again. But credit goes to the...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 03 June 2013
Weak mental strength fails Kalavango
His remarks followed his side's 3-1 defeat by Mafolofolo in a Mascom Volleyball League match on Saturday.The win means that Mafolofolo maintains its lead at the summit of the league with 21 points. Both sides went into the match under pressure after...
Mosah Mokganedi
Staff Writer 03 June 2013
BDF VI's dominance continues
Last weekend's result has many already thinking that the Selebatsho Mabutho coached side is on its way to successfully defending its title. Both sides started like a house on fire with towering Diphatsa gem in Pastor Rebabone showing some brilliance...
Shingirai Madondo
Correspondent 03 June 2013
Botswana dominates athletics champs
Female sprinter Leungo Matlhaku won gold in the 100 metre event and silver in 200 metre as the hosts picked 16 gold, 13 silver and 10 bronze medals. Second behind Botswana was Namibia who collected five gold medals, five silver and two bronze. In...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 03 June 2013
Magosi celebrate third league title
This follows their 2-0 victory over Mogoditshane Fighters in their last game of the season. It is Magosi's second league title in two seasons and their third in history.The match meant less to both sides. With Chiefs having already won the title...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 03 June 2013
Young entrepreneurs use BNTF as hunting ground
Reached under the Department of Youth and Culture stalls youth praised the Department of Youth and Culture for having given them a chance to showcase their products and services.They revealed that operating their business far from the city is a...
Pini Bothoko
Correspondent 03 June 2013
Ntsoro's bag of jokes
Even though it was quite cold, Ntsoro, as usual, managed to pull the crowd and kept them warm with his unbridled sense of humour. He invited some of the audience on stage and asked them questions regarding the draw.Some left the stage empty-handed...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 03 June 2013
My Star aspirants fail to impress judges
The remaining eight on Friday left the judges with little to say as they failed to deliver in the test of their skills as singers, performers and even as song writers.Many of the contestants failed in the task to write their own lyrics and deliver a...
Mpho Mokwape
Correspondent 03 June 2013
Local DJs Jostle for Fete de la Musique
Many music lovers were on hand to show the audience what they can do on the dance floor when a skilled and talented DJ rocks the place. The DJs who all seemed confident that they would walk away with the grand prize (performing at Botswanacraft)...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 03 June 2013
Young mother walks away with GTI
Malebogo Ellen Thipe could hardly believe that she had really won the car valued at P400,000.The young woman, who was accompanied by family and friends, was resolute in choosing the winning box even though the audience, who came to witness the raffle...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 03 June 2013
SSQ is on, 'shut up and listen'
It was almost a statement to the rather noisy GICC crowd from the Soweto String Quartet's (SSQ) Music Director Sandile Khemese, who was also playing first violin.Even though the crowd refused to 'Shut and Listen', SSQ, just like the band that...
Thalefang Charles
Staff Writer 03 June 2013
Don't pay for auditions
Of late, there has been a slew of adverts in newspapers, radio, posters advertising "auditions" for upcoming TV shows. It is wonderful to note that people are putting energy into progressing the momentum of art in Botswana. However, it is...
03 June 2013
I like the way WUC manages it 'water restriction'
You know how to stock up with water and you can plan your things. Yet the water is disconnected for a much longer time (about 9 hours) than the BPC load-shedding period of (about 2 hours). Firstly the way Water Utilities Corporation (WUC)...
Edward Tswaipe 03 June 2013
Etcerera II
I hadn't the faintest idea that the country had moved into that sort of territory, that sort of place, condition, situation where ugly people place devices designed to kill.Does the government now believe that the country already faces such dangers...
SANDY GRANT 03 June 2013
Kingdom-O-Metre
As we sat there chatting in different groups I could not help but notice the anxiety on the faces of about 20 people waiting to be ushered and welcomed into, hopefully more of a court of justice than of law.Among those waiting was none other...
03 June 2013
Issues in education
UNESCO has tried to mobilise 167 member states around the world to achieve common objectives of Education for All (EFA) across mutually agreed upon themes. These were initially endorsed at the groundbreaking World Education Forum meeting in Dakar in...
Dorcas Molefe
Owen Pasiri
Sheldon Weeks 03 June 2013
The winners code
To me this is a milestone because exactly 10 years ago I submitted my MBA dissertation. It was an achievement. Yes, but it had another ramification. My MBA class was by reason of affluxion of time officially dissolved. Having travelled a small three...
George Chingarande 03 June 2013
We still need cattle patrols
This came to the fore when the ministry's permanent secretary appeared before the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Friday. Budgetary constraints were given as reasons for stopping the exercise. Without doubt, the exercise helped...
03 June 2013
Selefu 03 June 2013
03 June 2013
Exhibitors give thumbs up to 2013 BNTF
Exhibitors said this on the first day of business last Thursday during the judgement of stalls.This year's theme was, 'Unlocking opportunities to a successful participation in the economy of Botswana' under the objectives, to create awareness of...
Pini Bothoko
Correspondent 03 June 2013
Young entrepreneurs use BNTF as hunting ground
Reached under the Department of Youth and Culture stalls youth praised the Department of Youth and Culture for having given them a chance to showcase their products and services.They revealed that operating their business far from the city is a...
Pini Bothoko
Correspondent 03 June 2013
Thapelo Stoffel aims for the stars
"Born in an area rich with natural resources that I can use to make a living, I did not need to be unemployed. That is why I started doing this business. I eat and sleep my craft. I developed the love for arts and crafts while I was...
Pini Bothoko
Correspondent 03 June 2013
Man charged with raping a disabled person
Bose Nteseng from Kutamogoree was arraigned before Magistrate Dumisani Bagopi on Thursday on allegations that he raped a disabled person. Constable Oteng Selalame of Dukwi Police Station told the court that the accused allegedly committed the...
Bonte Seepi
Correspondent 03 June 2013
Masisi lauds school head for academic excellence
Masisi credited school head Sandra Magole for the feat."Since the school relocated from the side of the Tati River to where it is now, the school has been performing exceptionally well thanks to the school management. I am proud of you Sandra...
Pini Bothoko
Correspondent 03 June 2013
Drug use rising among youth
Morapedi said youth aged between 25 and 30 years are getting more and more involved in drugs. "This is a cause for great concern because most of them either sell or frequently smoke which is not good for their health as well as the country's...
Barati Mathambo
Correspondent 03 June 2013
Granny pleads guilty To assaulting friend
Baleseng Gase of Lepashe is said to have pushed and injured Koosaletse Koosaletse on August 15, 2011 at the aforementioned village. Koosaletse sustained a broken leg.The unemployed Gase appeared in person and pleaded guilty to the charge. "I...
Bonte Seepi
Correspondent 03 June 2013
Ministry eager to enforce anti-tobacco law
Mbongwe was speaking in an interview after the World No Tobacco Day commemoration last Friday, noting that the public is becoming aware of laws surrounding tobacco advertising, promotion and tobacco industry interference. Mbongwe said her...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 03 June 2013
Child abuse
This young man was caught performing a barbaric act on children at Mosetlheng Ward in Otse on Saturday. The cad turned a group of small childen into donkeys, tying them up in pairs and making them to pull a makeshift cart on which he and a friend...
03 June 2013
Security boss in court for failure to pay employee
Peter Matambo (39) is alleged to have failed to pay the sum of P567 to his employee, Onalenna Maweni being severance benefit due to her by virtue of termination of employment on April 30, 2012.Matambo was also charged for failing to pay Maweni the...
Bonte Seepi
Correspondent 03 June 2013
Use power of your vote, students told
Speaking at a press conference last week, Mokotedi told tertiary students to resist being reduced to cry babies. The press conference, held at the UBSRC office, was crowded with students from Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT)...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 03 June 2013
Chinese ambassador hails Botswana-China cooperation
Ambassador Zheng, speaking at a children's event put together by the Masitara Foundation and the Chinese Women Association of Botswana said China has taken concrete measures to promote the educational cooperation with Botswana. Up to now, he...
Staff Writer 03 June 2013
Balopi, Vension-Moitoi camps strike compromise
The Monitor is reliably informed that both the Balopi and the Venson-Moitoi camps have been urged by the voters to strike a compromise ahead of the congress and that the compromise talks have been ongoing for weeks. A well-placed source in the...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 03 June 2013
No Malema at BNFYL congress
After weeks of bickering over whether the disgraced former African National Congress youth league president should address the congress or not, delegates were eagerly awaiting the latest development on who is going to address them. It turned out...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 03 June 2013
PS fails to explain ministry's overspending
Responding to a question from the chairman of the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Nehemiah Modubule, who asked her how the ministry overspent on staff salaries, Thebe responded, "I have no explanation because it happened two years ago...
Chippa Legodimo
Staff Writer 03 June 2013
Exhibitors Give BNTF 2013 Thumbs Up
Exhibitors said this on the first day of business last Thursday during the judgment of stalls.This year's theme was, "Unlocking opportunities to a successful participation in the economy of Botswana". The objectives were listed as; to create...
Pini Bothoko
Correspondent 03 June 2013
How did a P500m road cost P300m?-Guma
His comments followed a report presented before the committee, which indicated that although the tender was awarded at half a billion pula, the road ended up costing only around P300 million."Something is fishy here, can the accounting officer tell...
Chippa Legodimo
Staff Writer 03 June 2013
Shed "GHETTO" image to attract investors -Taylor
The Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Paul Taylor said this when officiating at the Botswana Confederations of Commerce Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) northern trade fair last Friday. The event was themed,'...
Chakalisa Dube
Staff Writer 03 June 2013
Etcerera II
I hadn't the faintest idea that the country had moved into that sort of territory, that sort of place, condition, situation where ugly people place devices designed to kill.Does the government now believe that the country already faces such dangers...
SANDY GRANT 04 June 2013
Kingdom-O-Metre
As we sat there chatting in different groups I could not help but notice the anxiety on the faces of about 20 people waiting to be ushered and welcomed into, hopefully more of a court of justice than of law.Among those waiting was none other...
04 June 2013
Issues in education
UNESCO has tried to mobilise 167 member states around the world to achieve common objectives of Education for All (EFA) across mutually agreed upon themes. These were initially endorsed at the groundbreaking World Education Forum meeting in Dakar in...
Dorcas Molefe
Owen Pasiri
Sheldon Weeks 04 June 2013
The winners code
To me this is a milestone because exactly 10 years ago I submitted my MBA dissertation. It was an achievement. Yes, but it had another ramification. My MBA class was by reason of affluxion of time officially dissolved. Having travelled a small three...
George Chingarande 04 June 2013
We still need cattle patrols
This came to the fore when the ministry's permanent secretary appeared before the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Friday. Budgetary constraints were given as reasons for stopping the exercise. Without doubt, the exercise helped...
04 June 2013
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